West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-30

nghtning Knocked some brick off the
chimney of a house, Frustrated Mrs,
Moran and shocked several others.
Monongalia's boom is coming. A
Philadelphia coal capitalist was up
in Clinton distric. last week taking
up coal options. He paid T. II. and
E. j. Devaa t nearly $1,000 in gold.
Post.
George Jackson, OF Monongalia
county, was tried and found guilty,
last week. Of cutting Bill Edwards
with razor about three years ago,
and was sentenced TO one year in the
Penitentiary.
The Supreme Court has refused q
writ of error in the cause of the State
against MAust, from this county. This
virtually decides the matter and
Maust will spend his full three years
at Moundsville.
A lady from Springfield. Ohio, who
was hurt in the b. Il o. wreck near
Terra Alta last Wednesday, has since
died. Harry Worthington is badly
injured internally, but he is thought
to be out of danger now.
In coming home from Tunnelton
last Friday evening, Luther Swear.
ingen's team started to run away and
they were stopped with difficulty
Luther and Dan Jackson were prccip.
itated from the wagon and both
slightly hurt
A number of persons from this
place took in the ball game at Row
lesburg last week. They speak in
commentator OF the manner in
which the MOrgantown boys con.
Quoted themselves. They are a set
of perfect gentlemen, all reports TO
the contrary Notwithstanding.
On Tuesday Mr.. and:Mrs. Lakel
of Grant district, started TO King.
wood. On the way their horse took
fright, ran away and tore the carriage
up badly. Mrs. Lakel was thrown
from the buggy and received injuries
which will probably prove fatal.
The attention of the travelling pub.
lie is directed To the advertisement.
in this issue, OF the Gordon House.
This is the largest and finest hotel in
Preston County. and offers special in
ducements to summer visitors, fish.
ing excurtiOnists and the travelling
public generally. Everything new
and frst.class.
In an advertisement of the Gordon
House, of this place, in the Wheeling
Register, Kingwood is called the
Ellen Of West Virginia" Right
you are. What a fine place for
seminary. Boom the old
town and give US the seminary and
a railroad.
In our haste to get to press, last
week, We got things little mixed in
the account Of the Elliott-Fogle we'd.
ding. We should have said that G.
Kcnzie, of Keyser, and Miss Nora
Jackson, Of Kingwood, and Dan J.
HerndOn and Miss Cora Jones, Of
Terra Alta, were the attendants. and
Oscar Poster and Chester Crane
Presiding Elder Chenoweth held
bis last quarterly meeting for this
year at this place on last
Saturday and Sunday, On the coca.
sion he preached two very able ser.
mons. He also preached the funeral
sermon of Sam'l Snider at snider's
Church Sunday afternoon. lie went
out To MasOntoWn to spend a couple
Of days with Rev Foreman.
Major +. A. Bennett, OF Hunting.
ton, and others, have purchased
tract Of land at the mouth OF Little
Guyan, in Mason county, near the
Cabell line, and will lay it off in town
lots. The new town will be just half
way between Huntington and Point
Pleasant, and being Immediately on
the line Of the Ohio River railroad,
promises to become quite a centre for
business.
During services at che NJ. +. Church
last Sunday, Bud Wardwell had
congestion of the brain and fell from
his seat into the aisle. He VAS car
ried out into the fresh air and revived
in a few minutes. The congestion
was probably caused by bad air. And
in CHS connection it might be well to